Orphan Pods

<h4 class=ql-align-center><strong>From the author of the award-winning <em>Eloia Born</em> series comes a sweeping new tale of hope and found family...</strong></h4><p></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>To be <em>that</em> free! What would I do with so much freedom? Could I even appreciate it if I ever stopped being afraid?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hope can exist in the direst of situations. </p><p></p><p>In a desert city ravaged by a war between humans and gene-altered hybrids homeless children are either enslaved by the underworld or housed in austere camps called Orphan Pods. Abandoned by his mother and trapped in the Pods sixteen-year-old Toref yearns to free his sisters from slavery. </p><p></p><p>With his friends an illiterate mastermind and a double-amputee coder Toref plans a rescue but quickly runs afoul of the deadly casino bosses. His only hope is to recruit Idris a street-savvy hybrid hover-pilot. But her trust is hard won.</p><p></p><p>Fifteen-year-old Idris nearly died escaping her own slavery. She dreams of finding a better life in the distant fringe territories and wants zero ties holding her back. Still she cannot ignore Toref's anguished plea for help. He and his friends offer a kinship that Idris desperately needs and she discovers a love she never thought possible. Saving Toref's sisters; however means stepping into the casino bosses' dangerous web. </p><p></p><p><strong>Can Idris and Toref defeat the bosses and reach the safe fringe territories or will the attempt cost the freedom of all who joined them on their quest?</strong></p><p></p><h4 class=ql-align-center><strong>Join Idris and Toref on their quest to find freedom!</strong></h4>